Safety-pin hook and eye.



N9. 773,711. PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.

- E. A, CAMPBELL.

SAFETY PIN HGOK AND BYE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.8, 1904.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 1, 1904.

PATENT Oriucn.

SAFETY-PIN HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,711, dated November1, 1904. Application filed February 8, 1904. Serial No. 192,502. (Nomodel.)

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ELEANOR A. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, haveinvented certain Improvements in Safety-Pin Hooks andEyes, of which the-following is a specification.v

This invention relates to improvements on the safety-pin hook and eyedisclosed in my former patent, No. 751,610, dated February 9, 1904; andits principal object is to provide for holding the hook-and-eye fastenerparts in close juxtaposition and to make the said parts stronger andstiffer.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure l-is a side view of a hook .and eye embodying this invention, theparts beingdetached. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the partsattached. Fig. 3 is a section on the line a! m in Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is aside view of a modified form of the eye member.

The fastenercomprises the hook part 1, having a hook 3, and an eye part2, having an eye 4, each part having two wire members flexibly connectedat one end and separably connected. at the other end to form asafety-pin. One member, 5, of the part 1 has its central portion bent inV shape to form the hook or tongue 3, which extends across to and beyondthe other member,7, of part 1 and in such proximity to said member thatthe distance between them is less than the diameter of the eye-memberportion 12, forming one side of the eye 4:, so that normally saidportion will not pass between the tongue 3 and said member 7, but willrequire force to be applied thereto, which will cause it to snap betweenthe tongue and the member 7 (See Fig. 3.) I have found that when themember of said partis bent to form a hook in this manner the hookweakens the member 5, so that it is liable to bend under the pull towhich it is subjected in use. To overcome this difiiculty, I provide abridge 8, extending between the two ends of the hook and bracing thesame against strain, this bridge or brace being substantially in linewith the unbent portion of member 5. Said bridge may consist of atubular-piece split at the ends, as at 9, and crimped over the wiremember 5. One member, 11, of the part 2 has its central portion bentsubstantially in the plane of said part, but away from the straightmember 15, to form a loop 12 thereon, forming one side of the elongatedeye 4:, whose other side is formed by abridge 13,. similar to the bridge8 above described and also serving as a brace for the member 11. Thebridge 13 is preferably bent or curved toward the other member, 15, ofsaid part 2, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 01 it may be straight, asshown at 13 in Fig. 4. A stiffening-wire 10 may be inserted in thecentral portion of the bridge, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The outer side12 of the elongated eye 4: is so close to the member 11 that when thehook is drawn fully into the eye the members 11 and 5 will lie in closejuxtaposition.

On referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the hook springs from themember 5in a lateral direction, as shown at 14, and then bends againover toward the member 7, and this lateral part engages closely betweenthe sides 12 13 of the eye to firmly hold the parts 1 2 of the fastenerin alinement and close attachment. The other members, 7 15, of parts 1 2are formed as substantially straight pins, engaging in the usual shields16. 17 designates the springs for said pins, and 18 the guards I forsaid springs.

The fastener parts above described are stronger than the usualsafety-pin and are adapted when engaged and pulled upon by the pinnedgarments to lie close together and substantially in the same plane, thuspresenting a neat appearance. Moreover, the eye engages with the hook insuch a manner as to prevent endwise displacement ofthe hook part of thefastener on the eye part. The hook and eye being formed centrally on therespective members the parts are reversible and the hook may be insertedin the eye from either side, reversing the parts endwisewithout throwingtheir ends out of line. The eye being in the same plane as the twomembers of the part 2 are attached the whole device may lie flat on thegarment.

WVhat 1 claim is In a fastener,two parts, each comprising two membersflexibly connected at one end and detachably connected at the other, onemember of each part being straight and the other member beingbentintermediate its ends, the bend of one of said members being in theplane of the part but away from the other member to form one side of aneye, and the bend of the bent member of the other part extendinglaterally out of the plane of said part and then toward and across thestraight member of said part to form a hook, the distance between thehook and said straight it follows that when the parts l member beingless than the diameter of the bent portion of the other part, and abridge across the bent portion of each of said bent members, each bridgebeing formed from a tubular piece of material, the ends of which aresplit and crimped around the respective member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificatiomin thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, this 30th day of January, 1904:.

ELEANOR A. CAMPBELL.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, JULIA TOWNSEND.

